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Tilt Shift Photoshop Tutorial: How to Make Fake Miniature Scenes

Tilt Shift Photoshop Tutorial: How to Make Fake Miniature Scenes

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

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I discovered the Tilt Shift technique perusing the photography of Drew Wilson, an uber talented young photographer here in Sarasota. I asked him about the process and he was kind enough to share it with me.

How to Take HDR (High Dynamic Range) Photos

How to Take HDR (High Dynamic Range) Photos

Saturday, June 30, 2007

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In the first part we covered what an HRD photo is, now we’ll go into a basic tutorial about how to create your own HDR (High Dynamic Range) photo. Please keep in mind that I’m very much an amateur – I just started experimenting myself so this is more of a “how to get started” [...]

Quick Introduction to HDR Photography

Quick Introduction to HDR Photography

Saturday, June 30, 2007

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My newest obsession has become HDR photography. Over the past few weeks I’ve read up on it and while there are plenty of technical articles about it on the web, there aren’t too many written in straightforward easy-to-understand language. I thought I’d give a brief overview of what HDR is all about and follow it [...]

Photomatix Coupon Code – Get a 15% Discount with Promo HOTSHOTPHOTO

Sun, Aug 1, 2010

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Photomatix Coupon Code – Get a 15% Discount with Promo HOTSHOTPHOTO

Updated Aug 1, 2010: Photomatix Pro is my favorite program for creating and tone mapping HDR photos. It’s easy to use and gives you simple controls for getting the awesome color effects you see in all those great HDR’s, without having to open up Photoshop and knowing how to tone map by hand. I recently got [...]

How to Take Amazing Portraits in Sun Every Time

Wed, Sep 9, 2009

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This is a Guest Post by Susan Black. She is a Tampa Wedding Photographer and specializes in Tampa Senior Pictures. Do you have a technique you would like to share on Visual Photo Guide? If so drop us an email at via our Contribute form. Do you want to take perfectly illuminated portraits of outdoor [...]

Flip Video Camera Review: The Easy and Fun Camcorder

Thu, Aug 13, 2009

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Flip Video Camera Review: The Easy and Fun Camcorder

photo credit: Carissa GoodNCrazy I don’t know how I’ve managed to survive my whole life without Pure Digital Technologies’ Flip Video Camera. Small, compact, and so simple to use – I chuckle when I think back to the days of having to set up a tri-pod, flip out the little swivel window on my big-as-a-breadbox [...]

The Simplest and Most Powerful Way to Create Art

Tue, Aug 4, 2009

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The Simplest and Most Powerful Way to Create Art

The following is a guest post by my sister Ineta McParland, who who inspires me with her ability to see beauty in the smallest of forms with her pictures of animals and nature in Sarasota, FL. photo credit: aneye4wonder We are visual creatures. We rely mainly on our vision to survive in this world. [...]

Shoot Your Kids! Tips for Taking Great Photos of Your Kids at Home

Tue, Apr 21, 2009

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Shoot Your Kids! Tips for Taking Great Photos of Your Kids at Home

The following is a guest post by Camille Pyatte of Camille Pyatte Photography. Camille is a professional photographer from Sarasota, FL. Don’t miss out on the everyday moments you want to capture with your little ones! Photographing infants and toddlers can be the most exhausting and stressful assignment for a professional with a limited time frame [...]

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